bernie sanders will have a real ally there. and and out gay man, who went to canada to marry his partner, is an absolute progressive person, and we are thinking that this diversity with african- americans, latinos, gays and lesbians coming into the congress, many of them are becoming as broad spectrum progressives who are recognized the importance of connecting all sorts of liberation movements. these are folks we will look to to be leaders in the new congress on progressive issues but that have to be raised. >> john nichols, thank you for joining us. author of "uprising: how wisconsin renew the politics of protest, from madison to wall street." when we come back, will the new york governor lift a moratorium on fracking? we will have a debate on the controversial practice. stay with us. ♪[music break] >> "gonna take us all," by jon fromer, who passed away wednesday at age 66 after a battle with stomach cancer. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. with juan gonzalez. >> we turn n